Improvement in bustles



THOMAS F. FESSENDENV.

Bugtes.`

N0.127,327.` Paen-ted May 28,1872.

PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS F. FESSENDEN, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN BusTLEs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,327, dated May 28,187'2.

To all whom it may concer-n:

Be it known,w that I, THOMAS F. FEssENnEN, of the city and county ofProvidence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Bustles; and I do hereby declare that th'c followingspecification, taken in connection with the drawing making a part of thesame, is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

The object of this invention is to provide a means for causing the upperportion of the bow frame-work composing the bustle to be extendedoutward, so that the dress will not by its weight cause the bustle tocollapse at the hips to the form of the wearer.

In the drawing, A is the stay-cloth of the bustle. B B are the steelribs which extend the clothA; C G,the covered steel bows, which givecontour to the bustle, and D D, the flexible tapes, which are connectedat their ends with the stay-cloth, and intermediately with the bows C,all as usually arranged.

For the purpose'of effecting my improvement I apply, in combination withthe staycloth A and three or four of the uppermost bows C, springs E,which are so arranged that they act to support the bows when the weightof the wearers dress causes such bows to sag 5 and it will be mostconvenient to attach one end of the springs to the ribs B. 4I preferthat these springs should be made convolute, as shown, on account of theiiexibility of this form, and consequent capacity to adapt themselves tothe` movements of the person; but other forms of springs which willfurnish a support for the bows in the vicinity of the hips andaccommodate themselves to the posture of the wearer will be within myimprovement.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The elastic supports E, in combination with the stay-cloth A and bows Cof an extension bustle, substantially as described, for the purposesspeciied.`

THOMAS F. FESSENDEN.

Witnesses:

JOHN D. THUEsToN, PETER F. HUGHES.

